FIL World Championships: Game Schedule for the tournament

It's been four years since Canada took home the 2006 World Championships on their home soil of London, Ontario, but just a week remains between now and the rest of the world's shot to take them off the top spot as Manchester, UK hosts the 2010 FIL World Championships starting on July 15th.

The host Brits take on the Iroquois Nationals in the tournament's first contest on that evening, kicking off a nine-day event that culminates with the World Championship on July 23rd. Canada and the United States are once again the favorites for the tournament, but a record number of teams are gunning for them this summer, including strong competition from within the Blue group.

IL Will be on hand for the latter portion of the tournament and will be previewing things over the next week as we lead up to the tournament, but for starters, here's a rundown of the game schedule.

July 15th

7:30 PM

England v Iroquois

July 16th

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Time

Matchup (Group)

8.30am

Slovakia v Switzerland (Orange)

9.00am

Bermuda v Poland (Yellow)

9.30am

Argentina v Austria (Grey)

11.30am

Netherlands v Wales (Grey)

12.00pm

Germany v Spain (Plum)

12.30pm

Italy v Czech Republic (Red)

2.30pm

Hong Kong v Norway (Plum)

3.00pm

Sweden v Mexico (Red)

3.30pm

New Zealand v France (Turquoise)

4:30pm

Canada v Japan (Blue)

5.30pm

Scotland v Latvia (Turquoise)

6.00pm

Ireland v South Korea (Orange)

6.30pm

Finland v Denmark (Yellow)

7.30pm

USA v Australia (Blue)

July 17

Time

Matchup (Group)

8.30am

Sweden v Italy (Red)

9.00am

Mexico v Czech Rep. (Red)

9.30am

Norway v Spain (Plum)

11.30am

Poland v Denmark (Yellow)

12.00pm

Switzerland v South Korea (Orange)

12.30pm

Bermuda v Finalnd (Yellow)

1.30pm

Japan v Iroquois (Blue)

2.30pm

Slovakia v Ireland (Orange)

3.00pm

Argentia v Netherlands (Grey)

3.30pm

New Zealand v Scotland (Turquoise)

4.30pm

Australia v England (Blue)

5.30pm

Austria v Wales (Grey)

6.00pm

Hong Kong v Germany (Plum)

6.30pm

France v Latvia (Turquoise)

7.30pm

USA v Canada (Blue)

July 18th

Time

Matchup (Group)

8.30am

Wales v Argentina (Grey)

9.00am

Mexico v Italy (Red)

9.30am

France v Scotland (Turquoise)

11.30am

Latvia v New Zealand (Turquoise)

12.00pm

South Korea v Slovakia (Orange)

12.30pm

Austria v Netherlands (Grey)

1.30pm

England v Japan (Blue)

2.30pm

Switzerland v Ireland (Orange)

3.00pm

Norway v Germnay (Plum)

3.30pm

Poland v Finland (Yellow)

4.30pm

Iroquois v USA (Blue)

5.30pm

Czech Rep v Sweden (Red)

6.00pm

Denmark v Bermuda (Yellow)

6.30pm

Spain v Hong Kong (Plum)

7.30pm

Canada v Australia (Blue)

July 19th

Starting on this day teams in every group except for the Blue will be ranked in their pools from 1-4 based upon their finish in round robin play. There will be three brackets in play - a top for the high finishers, middle for the middle and low for the bottom.

Top group of 8 will be all teams that finish in top position within their pool division and the top 2 second placed teams. Based on results teams will be ranked within the 2nds and 3rds to obtain groupings as below:

Top

1st place finishers +top 2 second place finishers identified as B1 and B2 for the game schedule.

Middle

Remaining second place finishers (B3, B4, B5 and B6) and the top 4 third place finishers (C1, C2, C3 and C4)